Car-truck side frame.



GUSTAV KOIVIAEEH, 0F ST. LOUIS.

MXSSGUB/I, ASSIGNQ-R TO CHARLES L. GILBERT. F

, ST. LUIS. MISSGURI.

CAR-TRUCK SDE FRAME.

Specfcationof Letters Estant.

Patented den. 2t, tttr.

pplieatioii tiled August. 26, i912. ySerial No. 717,230.

To (1U fui/wm Vit 72u13/ concern,

Be it known that if'Gis'mv Koiiiinnii., :i citizen ot the tiiiitedStates. residing :it tdt.. Louis, Missouri. have invented :i certain new:ind useful improvement in (hir-Traci:

Side Frsiinos, which the foiiowinnr is :n

t'iill, clean'. :ind ex'iif't iieserig'ition, such as wiii eiiabicothers skilled in the :ii't to which ity :ippei'tiiiiis to nizilse :induse the same. t

This iniention relates to cai: iinclt side trames, .find has tor itsiibject to provide :i existy side freine having integra pedestal jziwswhich are so designed that 1in); stundardMzister Cri-r Buildersjournal-box czin he used with saine.

Figure l of the drawings is zi side elevationzil View of a trucksidefranie constructed in accordance with my invent-ion; and Fig. Q isan enlaiyed horizontal seotionzil View taken on the ine Q2 of Fi?. it.

Referring to the draii'ings which ilus-- trzite the preferred torni ofmy invention, A. desiginites i one-piece cust side traine that isprovideigi :it each of its ends withv :i pair of integral pedestal jaws1l In orderthiit any standard ittaster Cnr Biiiders joiirinihloox Bniiiy he iised with the Side traine l have provided the pedestal jawswith recesses or pockets 2 for receiving the holt lugs 3 on the upperportions ofthe journal boxes, siiid recesses being located on the innersides of the pedestal jaws adjacent the upper ends of seine. The insidepedestal jziwor euch pair isp'rovidei'i zie its lower end with a recessor pocket il tor receiving the bolt ing ot the lower portion ot' thejoiirinil hex lwith which itl cooperates, sind the outside pedestal jawof each pair is so proportioned 4sind designed that it terminates :isliwht. distance above the bolt lug 6 on the outside of' the lowerportion otI its eoperiitiin;l .journal box. Each jourinii nosr isretained in position by means of tivo' throiighsbolts 7 which pass theportion 9 of the side freine that extends acrossthe space between thepedestal jaws and semi-circular-shnped zgi'ooves t() are formed in theinner faces ot the pedestal jaws to receive said through-bolts. :isshown in Fig. 2. Means is also provided t'or se ciu-ely tying thelowerportion ot erich jonrniil box t0 the side frame, :ind in thc einbodimentof my invention herein shown 5 on the inner .sideverticaily throughlholes 8 iiisiiid niezins consists ot' :i strep tl on the nnder Side ot'the journal box through which the. bolts 7 pass, said strep cileiidiiigrLinder the lower portion of the side 't'i'iinie to which it isdetiichzibiy connected hy ineens of hoits 1.2 or other suitiihlefastening devices, es shown in Fig. t.

il ein' triiclg side traine ot' the n above-described eKeepiioin-listrong sind rigid and there is no possiigiilit,7 ot the pedestalheeoniingg loose or detached coiistrnctroni the side trane hee-.insethan.Y nre esst integral With the side traine. ny stundard laster iirBiiildeis ionrnzil box nizsjv' be used with the Side triinie owing tothe tact that the pedestal jaws Aare provided.

with recessesv or pockets 'tor receiving the holt-lugs on the 'journalThe jonrlnel boxes con be applied or removed easily, -ziind when theyare in operative position they fire held secureliv iigziinst movementiii :iiny direction hy the peculiar shiipe of the Hedestiil iiiws undthi.l straps hzit tie the lower portions of the boxes to the side treme.

I Hitting' thus described my invention. what claini :is new rind desiretoseciireby Letters Ptit-ent is:

l. fr. enst inctei side traine infovided zit.'

each end with n. piiir of integrei verticzily disposed pedestal iiiwsformed in such :i manner tlizit standard Meister (.zir'Biiildersjournal-boxes con be nioved into .find out ot suine iongitudiiniliy otthe wheel axles, through--holts passing through the side traine :indthrough the lugs on the journal-boxes tor securing the hoxes inposition, 'and reniovzible nienihers detncliiihly connected to the sidefrziuie :idjzieeiit 'the lower ends ot seid jaws iind :idiipted tocooperate with siiid through-bolts to tie thelower portions of thejournal-boxes to the side traine.

Q. A enst iiietiii side fraiine provided With pziirs of verticallydisposed integral pedestal jaws having recesses or pockets for rei'eivning; the bolt lugs on :i standard Master Czii.' Builders journal box',the outer` inw of euch' piiir4 terminatingr above the bottom lug on theouter side of the box with which it eo- .operates7 and renioviihlei'iiembers'extending 'across the under side ot the 3oiirnzii` boxesjthejbolt lugs on a standard Master Car lgilders journal box, theoutside jaw of each pa'irbeing shorter than the inside jaw so thatit'will terminate above the boltlug' on lille'outside of the lowerportion of `the jourfnal. box with which it'coperates.

"iii-'A cast metal side frame provided at each end with a pair ofvertically disposed -ntegral pedestal jaws, said jaws having pockets orrecesses formed on the inner sides f' *ofv same adjacent. their upperends. for receiving the bolt lugs on t-he upper portion of a standardMaster Car Builders journal Abox, and removable members arranged at thelower ends of said jaws and detachably -connected to the side frame.

5. A cast metal side frame provided at i, each end with a pair ofvertically disposed receiving` t-he bolt lug on the inner side orintegral pedestal jaws, said jaws havingl f pockets or recesses formedon the inner sides able members beiner connected to the lower portion ofthe side frame and to the bolts that retain the journal-boxes inposition.

6. A cast metal side frame provided at each end with a pair of integralvertically disposed pedestal jaws, the portions of the side frame whichextend across the spaces between the jaws being` provided with openingsfor receiving the through-bolts that retain the journal boxes inposition and the inner faces of the jaws being provided with -g Losannagrooves for receiving said-bolts, and removable members at the lowerends of said jaws that extend transversely y across the under side ofthe journal boxes.

7. A cast metal side frame provided at 'each end with a pair of integralvertically each end with `a pair of integral 'verticallyI disposedpedestal jaws, the portions of theA side frame which extend across thespaces between the jaws being provided with openingsfor receiving thethrough-bolts that retain the journal boxes in position and the innerfaces of the jaws being provided with grooves for receiving said bolts,pockets in said jaws for receiving the bolt lugs on the upper portionsof the journal boxes, the outside jaw of each pair being shorterthan-the coperating inside jaw, and straps detachably connected to theside frame and arranged on the under side of the journal boxes.

I-n testimony whereof l hereunto affix my signa-ture in the presence oftwo witnesses, this twenty-third dav of August 1912.

l GUSTAV KOMAREK.

Witnesses: A WELLS L. CHURCH,

CORA M. BADGER.

